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William Grant Murray (1877–1950), usually known as Grant Murray, was a British art teacher, gallery curator and artist. He was Principal of Swansea Art School from 1908 to 1943, and the first curator of the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea from 1910 to 1950.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://212.219.233.41/index.cfm?articleid=38795 )〕 He played a leading part in the artistic life of Swansea between the wars.〔 ==Biography== Murray was born on 11 August 1877 in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the second son of William Alexander Minty Murray (1848–1920), a cabinet maker, and his wife May Grant (1848–1890). His elder brother George Murray (1897–1898) also became an artist, who was renowned for his murals, portraits and mosaics.〔 He was educated at Blairgowrie High School, Blairgowrie School of Art (1893–1897), Edinburgh School of Art (1897–1898) and the Royal College of Art in London (1876–1933), where he won several prizes. After leaving the Royal College with an ARCA, he studied at Académie Julian in Paris in 1905.〔 In 1909 he married Margaret Falconer Findlay. They had two sons: Ivan Grant (born 1912) and George Findlay (born 1913). He died in Swansea on 17 November 1950. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Grant Murray」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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